鎧草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よろい
Jinmeiyō
くさ > ぐさ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (yoroi, armour) +‎ (kusa, grass). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろいぐさ [yòróíꜜgùsà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ɾo̞iɡɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

(よろい)(ぐさ) or 鎧草(ヨロイグサ) • (yoroigusaよろひぐさ (yorofigusa)?

  1. Angelica dahurica

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN